About Me
I am a passionate Principal Data Engineer with 10 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable data solutions. As a father of five, I understand chaos and can roll with the punches. But systems and processes help bring order.
My approach to data engineering is rooted in Stoic principles - focusing on what I can control, continuously improving, and delivering practical solutions that drive real business value. I believe in the power of well-architected data systems to transform organizations and enable data-driven decision making.
When I'm not architecting data pipelines or mentoring team members, I enjoy building things with my hands, spending quality time with my family, and studying philosophy. I'm passionate about creating lasting impact through technology and helping others grow in their data engineering journey.
Professional Experience
Principal Data Engineer
PointClickCare
- Accelerated adoption of modern analytics engineering and reduce repetitive dev work
- Fostered and encouraged AI driven workflows and tool adoption
- Hosted weekly dbt workshops, created an AI “prompt library” for code generation, and set coding/documentation standards
- Currently preparing team to migrate to the cloud. Dockerized and k8s ready with CI/CD enabled
- Trained team of 6 data engineers how to build data robust pipelines
- Reduced repetitive coding by 50%, sped up report/model deployment, and fostered a culture of innovation for 20+ data scientists and analysts
- Cut data delivery from 7 days to 5 minutes, boosted query speeds by 3000–4000%, and saved $500K annually
- Achieved >100x faster queries, enabled real-time analytics, and standardized best practices across teams
Sr. Data Engineer
Point Click Care
- Designed and oversaw implementation of Data Warehouse with more than 35 Billion rows of data
- Enabled clear monitoring of 100s of interjoining data pipelines and associated key metrics
- Instructed team of 20 analysts on usage of dbt (data build tool)
- Selected hardware/software stack to meet analysis needs. Up to 4000% faster query performance.
- Automated 30+ reports saving 1.6 FTEs
- Trained other Data Engineers on best practices, making them effective contributors.
Sr. BI Data Engineer
United Health/Optum
- Designed/implemented ETL scripts to facilitate BI insights
- Used Python to parse log files in order to create data lineage map
- Created custom Flask backed Qlik Sense Testing Framework to increase deployment/development velocity
- Increased the accuracy of estimates to customers as Scrum Master
- Conducted research into alternative BI solutions to meet current and future business needs
- Designed CI/CD BI pipeline in order to decrease deployment errors
- Created data testing, documentation, and profiling to reduce pipeline debt
Product Owner/Manager
Celtic Bank
- Implemented process change to save 95 hours per week and $173K per year for loan processing team
- Created dashboard solutions using Power BI
- Product Owner in Agile Framework
Business Intelligence Engineer
Zions Bancorp
- Automated user provisioning process saving 82+ man hours per week and $225K/ year
- Maintained Business Objects, QlikView, and Tableau Servers (8,200+ users)
- Developed and deployed Tableau Dashboards for reporting purposes
- Created Business Objects Universes using IDT (Information Design Tool)
- Recovered and upgraded Business Objects platform
- Reduced QlikView server memory usage programmatically thereby improving user experience
- Analyzed Business Objects metadata to identify 24,000 reports for cleanup. Reduced storage by 50%
Sgt. Secret Security Clearance
National Guard
- Deployment to Afghanistan 2012-2013
- Managed $4+ million in inventory. Decreased expenditures by decreasing expediting of parts
- Managed work hours for company of 70+ soldiers
- Organized/prioritized ground support equipment decreasing the down time due to maintenance
- Production & Control Manager for fleet of 21 Apache helicopters
Technical Skills
Experience In
Working Knowledge Of
Education
Master of Science
Information Systems
University of Utah
Graduate Certificate
Business Analytics
University of Utah
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Operations Management and Supervision
University of Utah
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